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Article #443977Re: <yawn> Re: binary posts (was Re: where are these objects?)
From: Eep²
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:00
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Ykalon Dragon wrote: > Jeremy Reaban wrote: > > > > Old Salt wrote in message ... > > <snip> > > > Nope no binary NGs for either of them. People who are not > > >clueless use alt.bianry.misc and the post a message that a binary was > > >posted there (in the binary NG) with the message ID so others if they > > >wish can get it. > > <snip> > > > > Rules on binaries are good, but there's not as absolute as they used > > to be. It's not like in the early days of the internet, where you had > > to read every message in a newsgroup, and when hard drive space was > > expensive. > > > > In this case, he posted a few very small pictures (I think about 4 kb > > each), that had everything to do the subject of this newsgroup (the > > Sims). I would be shocked if the admin of his ISP did anything to him > > for something so trivial. I've seen people with longer sigs than the > > size of the files he's posted. > > I wouldn't be the least shocked. Do the math. If 50 people post a 4-5 kb > post every day it will add up. Do the math. 50 people DON'T post a 4-5K post in these 2 newsgroups every day. Get over it. -- http://tnlc.com/eep/ - Active Worlds, Tomb Raider, 3D game comparison, The Sims Enable line/word wrap if text not wrapping.
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From: Eep² <e...@tnlc.com> Subject: Re: <yawn> Re: binary posts (was Re: where are these objects?) Date: 2000/03/11 Message-ID: <38CB08B0.105321D5@tnlc.com> X-Deja-AN: 596305879 References: <01hecs427r59kilv4361t75anq6ikclas7@4ax.com> <38C75029.B988F975@tnlc.com> <u9nfcsct9cmmjs85un2vs062f9hbjnch8k@4ax.com> <38C804D5.B9C0B753@tnlc.com> <8EF2C980Astupidrichardbullis@209.98.98.12> <38C87981.710823DA@tnlc.com> <8EF2EA921stupidrichardbullis@209.98.98.12> <8YfIOAH1O3LmK5gsZ0lHv03RN7CS@4ax.com> <b77hcsche8rok8rbs0seh371fjl9ah25qs@4ax.com> <38c8d373.334463@news-server> <rokics8nhu86b059m3nb56dpparkfhvli3@4ax.com> <979jcsco58e004208t0p0m48nf9nu5t7q4@4ax.com> <aapjcsci6t9fo8k2sef6g2n4svdu5a9tak@4ax.com> <scle4vc5a5n10@corp.supernews.com> <38CACA3B.B121B565@SoftHome.net> X-Accept-Language: en-US,en X-Complaints-To: ab...@swbell.net X-Trace: news.swbell.net 952830204 207.214.212.136 (Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:03:24 CST) Organization: http://tnlc.com/eep/ - To use screen width efficiently & reduce quoted text breakup: enable line/word wrap (if text isn't wrapping), increase line lengths (forced line feeds) or disable them, & use variable-width fonts. Please quote all RELEVANT text in reply & no HTML background colors. MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:03:24 CST Newsgroups: alt.family-names.sims,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit